''The Carl Barks Library in Color'' is a series of 141
Disney comics
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with t ...
albums reprinting most of the Duck comics written and/or drawn by
Carl Barks
Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comics, Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of ...
. The set was published by
Gladstone Comics from 1992 to 1998.
The series is a full-color reprinting of ''
The Carl Barks Library'', a black-and-white collection published by
Another Rainbow Publishing
Another Rainbow Publishing is a company dedicated to the re-publication and greater recognition of the work of Carl Barks that was created in 1981 by Bruce Hamilton and Russ Cochran.
Its subsidiary division, Gladstone Publishing was founded in ...
from 1983 to 1990. Each album also contains a two to six page essay on an aspect of Barks' life and work, a literary analysis of the stories in that album, or other related historical material.
Some stories with Grandma Duck, Daisy Duck, and Junior Woodchucks are not included in the series. However, they are included in the similar German series, Die Barks Library.
The series is divided in 6 subseries:
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Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', sometimes abbreviated ''WDC&S'', is an American Comics anthology, anthology comic book series featuring characters from The Walt Disney Company's films and shorts, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Micke ...
(Jan 1992-March 1996, 51 issues)
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Uncle Scrooge
''Uncle Scrooge'' (stylized as ''Uncle $crooge'') is a Disney comic book series starring Scrooge McDuck ("the richest duck in the world"), his nephew Donald Duck, and grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and revolving around their adventures in ...
One Pagers (Aug 1992, 2 issues)
* 1940s
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...
Christmas Giveaways (Dec 1992, 1 issue)
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Gyro Gearloose
Gyro Gearloose ( ) is a cartoon character created in 1952 by Carl Barks for Disney comics. An anthropomorphic chicken, he is part of the Donald Duck universe, appearing in comic book stories as a friend of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and any ...
Comics and Fillers (Jan 1993-June 1993, 6 issues)
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Donald Duck Adventures (Jan 1994-Jan 1996, 25 issues)
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Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Feb 1996-Dec 1998, 56 issues)
The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color 1-56
on INDUCKS
See also
* '' The Carl Barks Library'' (published 1983–1990)
* '' The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library'' (2011-present)
References
Donald Duck
Comic book collection books
Eisner Award winners
Disney comics titles
Another Rainbow titles
Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks
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